Seattle Firefighter Battles Blaze in Own Building

An off-duty firefighter donned his gear and fought a fire in his own building Thursday night. About 11 p.m., a deck on top of a four-story condominium building in North Seattle's Pinehurst neighborhood caught fire. Other residents evacuated the 24-unit building in the 11500 block of 15th Avenue Northeast while Dan Hess went to the roof of the building and fought the blaze with a hose, said Kyle Moore, Seattle Fire Department spokesman.